{"product_id":"selected-poems-isbn-9780140439144","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new and comprehensive selection of Dryden's poetry, revealing him as a master of theatricality, ventriloquism, and unmistakable originality. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his lifetime, \u003cb\u003eJohn Dryden\u003c\/b\u003e gained fame at the cost first of gossip and scandal and then of suspicion and scorn. He wrote to order, currying favor with the Crown and repeatedly savaging its enemies. Yet the finest works of his political and spiritual imagination- \"Absalom and Achitophel\" and \"The Hind and the Panther\"-develop the themes of envy, ambition, and misdeed in ways that far transcend their era. During the Glorious Revolution, Dryden fell from patronage and favor: he then transformed himself into perhaps the greatest of English translators, a superb interpreter of Virgil and Horace, Juvenal and Persius, Boccaccio and Chaucer. This edition contains a preface and annotations accompanying each poem, modernized spelling and punctuation, and an informative introduction and chronology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.John Dryden: Selected PoemsList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDryden's Career\u003cbr\u003eThe Text\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography and Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1749 \u003ci\u003eUpon the Death of the Lord Hastings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1659 \u003ci\u003eHeroic Stanzas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1660 \u003ci\u003eAstræa Redux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1661 \u003ci\u003eTo His Sacred Majesty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1662 \u003ci\u003eTo Dr. Charleton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1667 \u003ci\u003eAnnus Mirabilis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1671 Prologues, Epilogues and Songs from \u003ci\u003eThe Conquest of Granada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1676 \u003ci\u003eMacflecknoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1677 Prologue and Epilogue to \u003ci\u003eAll For Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1680 \u003ci\u003eThe Prologue at Oxford, 1680\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1681 \u003ci\u003eThe Epilogue Spoken to the King at Oxford\u003cbr\u003eAbsalom and Achitophel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1682 Prologue and Epilogue to \u003ci\u003eThe Unhappy Favourite\u003cbr\u003eThe Medal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologues to the Duke and Duchess of York\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligio Laici\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1684 \u003ci\u003eTo the Earl of Roscommon\u003cbr\u003eTo the Memory of Mr. Oldham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1685 Translations from Lucretius, \u003ci\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Third Book: Against the Fear of Death\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Fourth Book: Concerning the Nature of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslations from Horace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook 1, Ode 3\u003cbr\u003eBook 1, Ode 9\u003cbr\u003eBook 3, Ode 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo the Pious Memory of Mrs. Anne Killigrew\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1687 \u003ci\u003eThe Hind and the Panther\u003cbr\u003eA Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1688 Lines on Milton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1692 \u003ci\u003eEleonora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Satires of Juvenal and Persius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Satire of Juvenal\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Satire of Juvenal\u003cbr\u003eThe First Satire of Persius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1694 \u003ci\u003eTo My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve\u003cbr\u003eTo Sir Godfrey Kneller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1696 \u003ci\u003eAn Ode, On the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1697 From \u003ci\u003eThe Works of Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eÆneis 1: The Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eÆneis 5: The Funeral Sports\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eÆneis 12: The Combat of Turnus and Æneas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGeorgics 2: The Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGeorgics 3: The Battle of the Bulls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGeorgics 3: The Plague\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGeorgics 4: The Labour of the Bees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander's Feast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1698 Lines of Tonson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1700 From \u003ci\u003eFables Ancient and Modern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eTo the Duchess of Ormonde\u003cbr\u003eTo My Hounoured Kinsman, John Driden\u003cbr\u003eBaucis and Philemon, out of the Eighth Book of Ovid's \u003c\/i\u003eMetamorphoses\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe First Book of Homer's \u003c\/i\u003eIlias\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cock and the Fox; or, The Tale of the Nun's Priest, from Chaucer\u003cbr\u003eThe Wife of Bath Her Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Character of a Good Person, Imitated from Chaucer and Enlarged\u003cbr\u003eCymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Secular Masque\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003eMost of \u003cb\u003eJohn Dryden\u003c\/b\u003e's (1631-1700) early work was for the theatre. He wrote romantic comedies, adaptations and tragi-comedies including 'Marriage à-la-Mode'. He was Poet Laureate from 1668 to 1688 during which time he wrote his most celebrated satires and criticism. In his later years, he turned to translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven N. Zwicker\u003c\/b\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cb\u003eDavid Bywaters \u003c\/b\u003ehave edited this volume. Zwicker teaches English at Washington University and is author of 'The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1650-1740'.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301164699877,"sku":"NP9780140439144","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140439144.jpg?v=1767736318","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/selected-poems-isbn-9780140439144","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}